“So far, a lot is still made of sheet steel but even more will be made of plastic in the future” – this applies to the small distributor box made by the F-tronic company. The reason for this material su...
Alcoa today announced it has reached agreement to acquire the minority interests in its Intalco and Eastalco aluminum smelters in Ferndale, Washington and Frederick, Maryland.
Affiliates of both Mitsui & Co. Ltd. ...
Designers have something to be pleased about: The new material shines and feels like solid metal – but at the same time it is amazingly light. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering a...
The fluctuation of mercury (Hg) concentration in seal hairs over the past 2000 years in a lake-sediment core on King George Island, West Antarctica, has been found to be closely correlated with ancient activities of gold...
BPC Holding Corporation (parent of Berry Plastics Corporation) and the private equity firms Apollo Management, L.P. and Graham Partners (a private equity firm sponsored by the Graham family and together with Apollo, the ...
Rust never sleeps, in the words of songwriter Neil Young. But, if materials scientists cannot put corrosion into a deep slumber perhaps there is a way to produce smart materials that can heal themselves and so stop the s...
The Periodic Table of elements is the basis of chemistry. Yet, it is known that the behaviour of the elements - and their chemical properties - change significantly under pressure. Normally inert platinum and xenon becom...
Alcan Inc. announced today that its ISAL aluminum smelter is working to restore production in one of its three pot lines following a power interruption from a transformer failure. Initial estimates predict that it will t...
Gold has always been perceived as a precious material: you win a gold medal when you prove to be the best in a competition; you only get a Gold credit card when you are a preferential customer, and the jewelry made of th...
Ausmelt Ltd has won an additional contract with Japan’s Dowa Mining Co. Ltd for supply of specialized equipment for the secondary metals project which was announced in July 2005.
This latest contract substantial...
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